Author Archives: Kerstin Meinel

The archiving, cataloguing and provision of dynamic data from social media present challenges which affect researchers, research institutions, libraries and archives in equal measure, and the best way to solve these problems is through collaboration and partnership. These issues will be explored during a conference to be held at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main on 19 and 20 March 2024. You are welcome to contribute a paper!

Martin Öövel took office as the Director General of the National Library of Estonia in September 2023, succeeding Janne Andresoo who had been holding this position since 2008. 

The National Library of Luxembourg hosted this year’s e-D-A-CH-L conference, which brought together the national libraries of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg

The National Library of Finland’s treasure trove for history buffs and researchers keeps on growing. The number of digitised resources in the digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi service has now passed the 27-million-page mark.

On the 31st of October 2023, the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina marked the 78th anniversary of continuous work and existence in the mission of culture, education, and science.

This exhibition brings together black and white masterpieces from the photographic collections of the BnF. Nadar, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Willy Ronis, Helmut Newton, Diane Arbus, Mario Giacomelli, Robert Frank, William Klein, Daido Moriyama, Valérie Belin…: the great names of French and international photography are brought together in an exhibition featuring circa 300 prints and covering 150 years of the history of black and white photography, from its origins in the 19th century to contemporary creation.

The Kražiai Organist’s Notebook (1618), preserved in the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, has been recognised as a documentary heritage object of national importance. It is the eleventh documentary heritage object of the National Library to enter the UNESCO programme “World Memory” national register.

The eluxemburgensia.lu portal has received an AI-powered chatbot, which supports semantic searches in order to allow users to explore the National Library of Luxembourg’s digitised historical newspapers in an intuitive way.

In 2023, the 100th anniversary of the National Library of Azerbaijan was completed. On this occasion the International Scientific-Practical Conference on “National libraries are the protector of the spiritual memory of peoples”, The 6th meeting of the Board of Directors of National Libraries of ECO member countries, as well as various presentations and round tables were held on 20-22 September 2023.